Canadian glacier hydrology, 2003-2007

Canadian Water Resources Journal

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 195-204

  Boon, Sarah ^a   Flowers, Gwenn E ^b   Munro, D Scott ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LETHBRIDGE   (Canada)

^b SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENTS; PUBLIC POLICY;

GLACIER MASS BALANCE; GLOBAL CLIMATE MODEL; HYDROLOGICAL MODELS; HYDROLOGICAL SYSTEM; OBSERVATION NETWORKS; POLICY IMPLICATIONS; SPATIALLY DISTRIBUTED MODELS; STREAMFLOW PREDICTION;

CLIMATE MODELS;

EID: 69549097693     PISSN: 07011784     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4296/cwrj3402195     Document Type: Article

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